1837124 - [macOS] PiP auto-generated subtitles not working when the main browser window is minimized

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Picture-in-Picture, defect)

Description

[Catalin Sasca, Desktop Test Engineering [:csasca]]

Found in

• Firefox 115.0b2

Affected versions

• Firefox 115.0b2

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: macOS 12.6.6
• Unaffected platforms: Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox
2. Access a Youtube video which has auto-generated CC's
3. Activate the subtitles and enter in PiP mode
4. Minimize the main window

Expected result

• The subtitles are still generated and shown on the PiP window

Actual result

• The subtitles freeze and are not generated anymore

Regression range

• Will see for a regression. See also Bug 1770429 and Bug 1786258.

Additional notes

• The issue can be seen in the following attachment
• Firefox 116.0a1 doesn't seem to be affected

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

:csasca, if you think that's a regression, could you try to find a regression range using for example mozregression?

Comment 2

[Oana Botisan, Desktop QA]

I can't reprodus the issue on latest Nightly 117.0a1, Firefox 116.0b7 and Firefox 115.0.2 while using macOS 12(o two different stations). I will close this bug as WFM.